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Strong's G1784 ἔντιμος (entimos)

Entimos means “dear” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1784 — dinay (“Dinaite”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1784
Language Greek
Linked Usages 33
Books 16

Strong's G1784 Quick Answer

Strong's G1784 ἔντιμος (entimos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. entimos (en'-tee-mos) adj. 1. valued (figuratively) [from G1722 and G5092] It has 33 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include precious, dear, more, and reputation. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
entimos (en'-tee-mos) adj. 1. valued (figuratively) [from G1722 and G5092]
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
precious, dear, more, and reputation

Meaning and Definition

entimos (en'-tee-mos) adj. 1. valued (figuratively) [from G1722 and G5092] KJV: dear, more honourable, precious, in reputation Root(s): G1722, G5092

Original Word
ἔντιμος
Transliteration
entimos
Derivation
Root: τιμή R1: 1722 R2: 5092
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1784. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

valued/honored

Usage: ἔντιμος, -ον (τιμή), [in LXX for חוֹר, etc. ;] honoured, prized, precious: of persons, Luk.7:2, Php.2:29; compar., Luk.14:8; of things, metaphorically, λίθος, 1Pe.2:4 2:6" (LXX) .† (AS)

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How Strong's G1784 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render entimos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

precious 1 Peter 2:4 dear Luke 7:2 more Luke 14:8 reputation Philippians 2:29

How Strong's G1784 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 19 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1784 (ἔντιμος) appears 30 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1784 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1784 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 7:2 KJV

And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.

Luke 14:8 KJV

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

Philippians 2:29 KJV

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

Strong's G1784 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

19 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Numbers 22:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And Balak yet again sent more princes and more honorable than they.

Deuteronomy 28:58 Septuagint / Brenton

If thou wilt not hearken to do all the words of this law, which have been written in this book, to fear this glorious and wonderful name, the Lord thy God;

1 Kingdoms 26:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And Saul said, I have sinned: turn, son David, for I will not hurt thee, because my life was precious in thine eyes; and today I have been foolish and have erred exceedingly.

Strong's G1784 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

3 Maccabees 2:9 Septuagint / Brenton

Thou, O King, when thou createdst the illimitable and measureless earth, didst choose out this city: thou didst make this place sacred to thy name, albeit thou needest nothing: thou didst glorify it with thy illustrious presence, after constructing it to the glory of thy great and honorable name.

3 Maccabees 6:13 Septuagint / Brenton

Let the heathen cower before thy invincible might today, O glorious One, who hast all power to save the race of Jacob.

4 Maccabees 17:5 Septuagint / Brenton

Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as thou art established honorable before God, and fixed in the firmament with thy sons whom thou didst illuminate with religion to the stars.

Strong's G1784 in 1 Enoch

3 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 14:21 Septuagint / Brenton

was whiter than any snow. None of the angels could enter and could behold His face by reason

1 Enoch 24:2 Septuagint / Brenton

fire which burnt day and night. And I went beyond it and saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the other, and the stones (thereof) were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent as a whole, of glorious appearance and fair exterior: three towards the east, one founded on the other, and three towards the south, one upon the other, and deep rough ravines, no one of which

1 Enoch 100:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And in those days in one place the fathers together with their sons shall be smitten And brothers one with another shall fall in death Till the streams flow with their blood.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1784.

Numbers 22:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Balak yet again sent more princes and more honorable than they.
Deuteronomy 28:58 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou wilt not hearken to do all the words of this law, which have been written in this book, to fear this glorious and wonderful name, the Lord thy God;
1 Kingdoms 26:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said, I have sinned: turn, son David, for I will not hurt thee, because my life was precious in thine eyes; and today I have been foolish and have erred exceedingly.
Nehemiah 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
Nehemiah 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
Nehemiah 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Nehemiah 5:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Nehemiah 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
Nehemiah 6:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
Nehemiah 7:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
Job 28:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, And mine eye has seen every precious thing.
Job 34:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Such a one as would not reverence the face of an honorable man, Neither knows how to give honor to the great, So that their persons should be respected.
Psalms 71:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: And their name shall be precious before him.
Isaiah 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people shall fall, man upon man, and every man upon his neighbor: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honorable.
Isaiah 13:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Ophir.
Isaiah 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now I say, In three years, of the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be dishonored with all his great wealth; and he shall be left few in number, and not honored.
Isaiah 28:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
therefore thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lay for the foundations of Zion a costly stone, a choice, a cornerstone, a precious stone, for its foundations; and he that believes on him shall by no means be ashamed.
Isaiah 43:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Since thou becamest precious in my sight, thou hast become glorious, and I have loved thee: and I will give men for thee, and princes for thy life.
Daniel 2:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou, O king, art a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given a powerful and strong and honorable kingdom,
Luke 7:2 New Testament, KJV
And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
Luke 14:8 New Testament, KJV
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
Philippians 2:29 New Testament, KJV
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
1 Peter 2:4 New Testament, KJV
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
1 Peter 2:6 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
3 Maccabees 2:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou, O King, when thou createdst the illimitable and measureless earth, didst choose out this city: thou didst make this place sacred to thy name, albeit thou needest nothing: thou didst glorify it with thy illustrious presence, after constructing it to the glory of thy great and honorable name.
3 Maccabees 6:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let the heathen cower before thy invincible might today, O glorious One, who hast all power to save the race of Jacob.
4 Maccabees 17:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as thou art established honorable before God, and fixed in the firmament with thy sons whom thou didst illuminate with religion to the stars.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; Neither were the living sufficient to bury them: For in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.
Wisdom of Sirach 10:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They that fear the Lord are a sure seed, And they that love him an honorable plant: They that regard not the law are a dishonorable seed; They that transgress the commandments are a deceivable seed.
Wisdom of Sirach 10:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Among brethren he that is chief is honorable; So are they that fear the Lord in his eyes.
1 Enoch 14:21 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
was whiter than any snow. None of the angels could enter and could behold His face by reason
1 Enoch 24:2 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
fire which burnt day and night. And I went beyond it and saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the other, and the stones (thereof) were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent as a whole, of glorious appearance and fair exterior: three towards the east, one founded on the other, and three towards the south, one upon the other, and deep rough ravines, no one of which
1 Enoch 100:1 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And in those days in one place the fathers together with their sons shall be smitten And brothers one with another shall fall in death Till the streams flow with their blood.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1784, grouped by book.

Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 2 usages, New Testament
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 3 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1784 FAQ

What does entimos (ἔντιμος) mean?

Entimos (Strong's G1784) is a Greek word most simply glossed "dear". entimos (en'-tee-mos) adj. 1. valued (figuratively) [from G1722 and G5092]

How many times is entimos (ἔντιμος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G1784 across 16 books.

Where can I study entimos (ἔντιμος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1784 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate entimos (ἔντιμος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as precious, dear, more, and reputation. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1784 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 19 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 3 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1784, with linked reader references where each row is available.